On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:48:30 -0500, Dean Hoffman
wrote:

mm wrote:
OT BP again

So they capped the pipe.

Where was this cap for the last 89 days? Why don't they have three
of them or more, at least one on each continent where they have
off-shore wells?

Why was every procedured they did reported with the caveat, This has
never been done before. Why not?

Why haden't they tested all the procedures and devices when they first
started underwater drilling, again when ty started deep water
drilling, and again every time a new procedure or device was
developed?

I suppose many of the same types of questions are asked after any
disaster. Airplane crashes come to mind. Seat belts for autos.
Electrical grounding procedures. How about something home related like
a sink trap? I wonder how long that took before someone figured out
those are a good thing.
The Jones Act was blamed for some of the response tardiness. It
has something to do with letting foreign crews in U.S. coastal waters.
I think the Administration was too slow to waive the law if it ever did.

Yes, it took Bush two days to waive the Jones Act after Katrina. He didn't
owe his Presidency to the Union thugs though.

Let's not forget the incident with the life preservers and the one barring the
Lousiana sand berms. Oh, how about them not allowing the discharge of the
"polluted" water from the skimmers.

One article said there are something like 6 purpose built vessels for
oil cleanup. All foreign owned, I think. There were a lot of offers to
help but few accepted from what I've gathered.

Certainly none were accepted expeditiously.